Thursday, August 01, 2013

A Week of Lists: Last Chance!


Well.  Since tomorrow is the Library Ladies' Brunch in the Garden Party (phew.  That was a mouthful.) today is the last day of prepping for this weekends' company.  The fact that it is drippy and dribbling outside puts a bit of a cramp in my style- but if it stays dry tomorow and Saturday, I won't complain about today.

Tomorrow afternoon I will be able to do food prep for the reunion on Saturday- but everything else needs to be done at the close of today.  It's going to be a busy one....

 * tie ribbon around candle for Aunt Margie.  Write a birthday card.
* Tidy bedroom and sweep floor.
* Gather tablecloths for outside
 * make/glitter butterflies for flower vases
* fill vases with flowers (for house and tables) (I did 14 in all!)
* soak beans
* brown sausage and bacon
* make breakfast bites
* prepare hashbrown casserole, bake tomorrow morning
* make two batches of lemonade (one to freeze into ice clumps)
* make food flags (?)
* make two batches of peppermint tea (one to freeze into ice clumps)
* sweep dining room floor
* mop dining room floor
* clean bathroom (Corynn)
* clean girls' room (girls)
* clean boys' room (boys)
* make quiche
* go uptown for last-minute things (I forgot hotdog rolls!  dork.)
* sweep kitchen floor
* have Matt bring out my party barrel
* take any yard sale books/duplicates to granary
* clean mudroom (Andrew and Adele')
* dinner:  chicken wraps, applesauce
* weed whack flower circle
* fill (and place) tiki torches and put citronella candles in jars with beans
* dishes
* take down fly paper
* empty garbage and take burnables to barn

Well.  I didn't get to quite everything I had hoped.  Which means two things:

 1) I am going to wake up early tomorrow!  Is 5 am early enough?
2) My flower circle isn't going to be weed-whacked before the library party.  

 Ah well.  I just made the bouquets for the tables and I seriously doubt anyone will notice the high grass around the flower circle when there are bouquets of gorgeousness right in front of their noses.  Man, do I love flowers.  And MAN, do I love parties that allow me to gather up bunches and bunches and bask in them.  And MAN do I love this time of year when these bunches of lovely don't cost me a penny.

 Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  See you next week!
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2 comments:

  1. Bonnie9:49 AM

    I seriously just thought "Oh I can make the flags for you!" Just hadn't occurred to me how I planned to get them to you.
    Bacon can be done in the oven, and so can sausage unless it's crumbled.
    Can Corynn do the food flags? Or make the tea/lemonade?
    Please take just 1 picture when you have an eith of a second so we can all pretend we're there...

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  2. mary9:52 AM

    Have a great party. Make that parties and take pictures !! No excuses of living life and not documenting it for us :D

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